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What does the mesonephros become?

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Men- Wolffian ducts (ductus deferens and epidydimus); Women- vestigal Gartner’s duct

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What is a multi cystic dysplastic kidney

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Due to abnormal interaction between ureteric bud and metanephric mesenchyme. Leads to a nonfunctional kidney consisting of cysts and connective tissue

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Relationship to ureter to ductus deferens

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Ureters pass under the ductus deferens

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What do the uterine vessels travel in?

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Cardinal ligament

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What is the 60-40-20 rule?

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60% total body water: 40% intracellular, 20% ECF

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How do you measure plasma volume and extracellular volume?

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Plasma volume measured by radio labeled albumin, extracellular volume measured by inulin

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Equation for renal blood flow

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RBF=RPF/(1-Hct); RPF is the clearance of PAH

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How does changing the plasma protein concentration change the GFR, RPF, and FF?

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Increased plasma protein concentration decreases the GFR, doesn’t affect the RPF, and therefore decreases the FF (GFR/RPF)

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Hartnup disease

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Autosomal recessive, deficiency of neutral amino acid transporters in proximal renal tubular cells and on enterocytes, causes a neutral aminoaciduria and decreased absorption from the gut

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What is Fanconi syndrome

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Generalized reabsorptive defect in PCT, associated with increased excretion of nearly all amino acids, glucose, HCO3-, and PO4(3-). May result in metabolic acidosis (proximal renal tubular acidosis)

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Bartter syndrome

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AR, affects Na/K/2Cl transporter, results in hypokalemia and metabolic alkalosis with hypercalciuria

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Gitelman syndrome

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AR, reabsorptive defect of NaCl in DCT. Leads to hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, metabolic alkalosis, hypocalciuria

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Liddle syndrome

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AD, Gain of function mutation causing increased Na reabsorption in collecting tubules (increased activity of epithelial Na channel). Results in hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, decreased aldosterone. Tx: amiloride

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Syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess

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Hereditary deficiency of 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, which normally converts cortisol into cortisone in mineralocorticoid receptor containing cells before cortisol can act on the mineralocorticoid receptors. Causes hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis. Low serum aldosterone levels.

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Actions of angiotensin II (6)

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  1. acts at ATII receptors on vascular SM to cause vasoconstriction, 2. Constricts effect arteriole of glomerulus, 3. Increases aldosterone, 4. Stimulates ADH leading to H2O reabsorption, 5. Increases PCT Na/H activity, 6. Stimulates the hypothalamus (thirst)
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How does the macula densa work?

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Senses decreased NaCl deliver to DCT causes adenosine release, causes vasoconstriction

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Where does Epo come from?

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Interstitial cells in peritubular capillary bed

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Where is vitamin D converted to its active form?

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By the PCT cells

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What do ADH and aldosterone regulate?

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ADH regulates osmolarity, aldosterone regulares ECF volume and Na content

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Effect of ANP

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Causes increased GFR and increased Na filtration with NO compensatory Na reabsorption in distal nephron. Net effect: Na loss and volume loss

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What causes K to shift out of cells?

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Digitalis, hyperosmolarity, lysis of cells, acidosis, beta-blocker, high blood sugar (insulin deficiency) [DO LABS}

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How do you monitor for too much magnesium?

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DTRS (hypermagnesemia decreases DTRs), also causes lethargy, bradycardia, hypotension, cardiac arrest, and hypocalcemia

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Respiratory compensation for metabolic acidosis

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Winters formula. Pco2= 1.5[HCO3-] +8 +/-2

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What can cause a metabolic alkalosis?

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Loop/thiazide diuretics, vomiting, antacid use, hyperaldosteronism

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What causes an anion gap metabolic acidosis?
MUDPILES: methanol, uremia, diabetic ketoacidosis, propylene glycol, iron tablets/isoniazid, lactic acidosis, ethylene glycol (oxalic acid), salicylates
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What causes a normal anion gap metabolic acidosis?
HARD-ASS: hyperalimentation, addison disease, renal tubular acidosis, diarrhea, acetazolamide, spironolactone, saline infusion
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Type 1 renal tubular acidosis
Distal, urine pH >5.5, defect in ability of alpha-intercalated cells to secrete H+ -> no new HCO3- is generated -> metabolic acidosis. Associated with hypokalemia, increased risk for calcium phosphate kidney stones (due to increased urine pH and increased bone turnover)
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Type 2 RTA
Proximal, urine pH
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Causes of type 2 RTA
Fanconi syndrome and carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
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Causes of type 1 RTA
Amphotericin B toxicity, analgesic nephropathy, congenital anomalies (obstruction) of urinary tract
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Type IV RTA
Hyperkalemic, urine pH
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What causes type IV RTA?
Decreased aldosterone production (e.g. diabetic hyporeninism, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, NSAIDs, heparin, cyclosporine, adrenal insufficiency), or aldosterone resistance (e.g. K-sparing diuretics, nephropathy due to obstruction, TMP/SMX)
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When do you see waxy casts?
End-stage renal disease/chronic renal failure
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"Starry sky" granular appearance on light microscopy, "lumpy bumpy"
Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
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Where are the immune complex deposits in APGN?
Subepithelial
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Most impt prognostic factor for APGN?
Age
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What do the crescents in RPGN consist of?
Fibrin and plasma proteins (ex. C3b) with glomerular parietal cells, monocytes, and macrophages
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What diseases can lead to RPGN and what do you see with each of them?
Goodpasture- type II hypersensitivity, Ab to GBM, linear immunofluorescence; Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener)- PR3-ANC/c-ANCA; microscopic polyangiitis- MPO-ANCA, p-ANCA
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What causes diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis?
SLE or membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
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"Wire looping" of capillaries
DPGN
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Where are the immune complex deposits in DPGN?
Subendothelial
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What do you see in IgA nephropathy?
LM-mesangial proliferation; EM-mesangial IC deposits; IF- IgA based IC deposits in mesangium
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What causes Alport syndrome?
Mutation in type IV collagen, causes thinning and splitting of glomerular basement membrane. Most commonly X-linked
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"Basket weave" appearance on EM
Alport Syndrome
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Sx of Alport syndrome
Eye problems, glomerulonephritis, sensorineural deafness
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Where are the immune complex deposits in type I membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis?
Supendothelial
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"Tram track" appearance on PAS and H&E stain
MPGN; Due to GBM splitting by mesangial ingrowth
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Where are the immune complexes in type II MPGN?
Intramembranous
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What are type I and type II MPGN associated with?
Type I may be 2/2 hepatitis B or C infection. Type II is associated with C3 nephritis factor (stabilizes C3 convertase causing decreased serum C3 levels)
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Fatty casts
Nephrotic syndrome
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Most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in AA and hispanics
FSGS
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Most common cause of nephrotic syndrome in Caucasians
Membranous nephropathy
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Where are the deposits in Membranous nephropathy?
Subepithelial
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EM of membranous nephropathy
"Spike and dome" appearance with subepithelial deposits
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Nephrotic presentation of SLE
Membranous nephropathy
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LM of membranous nephropathy
granular
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Diabetic glomerulonephropathy on LM
Mesangial expansion, GBM thickening, eosinophilic nodular glomerulosclerosis (Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesions)
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How does diabetes cause kidney problems
Non-enzymatic glycosylation of GBM causes increased permeability and thickening; non-enzymatic glycosylation of efferent arterioles causes increased GFR causes mesangial expansion
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Envelope shaped kidney stone
Calcium oxalate
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Coffin lid shaped kidney stone
Ammonium magnesium phosphate (aka struvite)
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Rhomboid or rosette shaped kidney stone
Uric acid
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Hexagonal kidney stone
Cysteine
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What is the test for cysteine stones?
Sodium cyanide nitroprusside test
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Where does renal cell carcinoma arise from?
PCT cells
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What paraneoplastic syndromes is RCC associated with?
Ectopic EPO, ACTH, PTHrP
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Large eosinophilic cells with abundant mitochondria without perinuclear clearing
Renal oncocytoma, benign epithelial cell tumor
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Cause of Wilms tumor
"Loss of function" mutation of tumor suppressor genes WT1 or WT2 on chromosome 11
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What is Wilms tumor associated with?
Beckwith-Wiedmann: Wilms tumor, macroglossia, organomegaly, hemihypertrophy; WAGR: Wilms, aniridia, genitourinary malformation, mental retardation
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CT findings in acute pyelonephritis
Striated parenchymal enhancement
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Thyroidization of the kidney
Chronic pyelonephritis
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Bone changes with renal osteodystrophy
Subperiosteal thinning of bones
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What is ARPCD associated with?
Hepatic fibrosis
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What is medullary cystic disease?
Inherited disease causing tubulointerstitial fibrosis and progressive renal insufficiency with inability to concentrate urine. Medullary cysts usually not visualized; shrunken kidney on ultrasound. Poor prognosis
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When is mannitol contraindicated?
Anuria, HF
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Clinical uses for acetazolamide
Glaucoma, urinary alkalinization, metabolic alkalosis, altitude sickness, pseudotumor cerebri
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Toxicity of acetazolamide
Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, paresthesias, NH3 toxicity, sulfa allergy
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Toxicity of loop diuretics
Ototoxicity, hypokalemia, dehydration, allergy (sulfa), interstitial nephritis, gout
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Which loop diuretic can be used in patients with a sulfa allergy?
Ethacrynic acid
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Toxicity of thiazides
HYPER problems: hyperuricemia, hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia; HYPO problems: hypokalemia, hypotension
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What are the K sparing diuretics
Spironolactone and eplerenone; triamterene, and amiloride
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MOA of spironolactone and eplerenone
Aldosterone receptor antagonists in cortical collecting tubule
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MOA of triamterene and amiloride
Block Na channels in the cortical collecting tubule
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Toxicity of ACE inhibitors
Cough, Angioedema (contraindicated in C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency), Teratogen (fetal renal malformations), increased Creatinine, Hyperkalemia, and Hypotension (especially watch for first dose hypotension)
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Which drug is a direct renin inhibitor?
Aliskiren
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When is Aliskiren contraindicated
In diabetics taking ACE inhibitors or ARBs
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Which diuretics lead to acidemia and how?
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: decrease HCO3 reabsorption; K sparing: aldosterone blockade prevents K secretion and H secretion. Additionally, hyperkalemia leads to K entering all cells (via H/K exchanger) in exchange for H exiting cells
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Which diuretics lead to alkalemia and how
Loop diuretic and thiazides. Volume contraction increases AT II, increases Na/H exchange in PCT, increased HCO3 reabsorption. K loss leads to K exiting all cells (in exchange for H entering cells). In low K state, H (rather than K) is exchanged for Na in cortical collecting tubule causing alkalosis and "paradoxical aciduria"

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